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This week I played a lot more Guild Wars 1, as is customary. I'm wanting to get a lot more progress made in the Eye of the North expansion's story, so I spent a lot of this week doing that. I also started a Fury 3 Let's Play subseries within VOD of Consciousness that I'm planning on running on Saturdays. I think there should be about 7-8 episodes of that? Oh, I also switched up the ordering of the name, so that instead of "VOD of Consciousness [2018] Ep. ### - Title", I put the Title first and the VOD of Consciousness part second. My hope is that, if people see them recommended, the actual title being first will make them sound more interesting. Also, if the title gets partially cut off, then I'd rather lose the VOD of Consciousness part than the actual episode name. Direct video links: Searing Crystal Crater - https://youtu.be/suhxnSldLn4 Search For the Ebon Vanguard - https://youtu.be/0mfpyATRGfk Capturing Doomlore Shrine - https://youtu.be/S2l9...

This week I finished off my (on screen) time in Pre-Searing Ascalon, returning to my Paragon and tackling the Norn/Dwarf portion of the Eye of the North storyline in order to gain access to some quests needed to unlock some powerful Player vs. Environment only skills. I also tried an experiment, where I played a different game, Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, for one episode. I'm curious to know what people thought of that! Direct video links: Bandits of Regent Valley - https://youtu.be/em38UF2Ezc4 The Nornbear - https://youtu.be/LsXYUcyXzdQ Evicting Charr - https://youtu.be/WkhmLbXx1RU Hunting Destroyers the Norn Way - https://youtu.be/rz_0un9_4y8 King Jalis's Encampment - https://youtu.be/UjNjpWQAwds To Middle-Earth! - https://youtu.be/RoiR-ONfuDk How Does This Slalom Work? - https://youtu.be/d0sPgcfGXvA

This week saw me continue my time in Pre-Searing Ascalon. I finished fleshing out my collector armor set (well, unless you can't the "expensive" helmet from Professor Yakington) and finally ventured north of the wall! I had a lot of fun, and really enjoyed the beauty of Pre-Searing Ascalon. It's such a gorgeous place. Direct video links: Nicholas's Hidden Garden - https://youtu.be/w0SGPiac8-E Back Country Regent Valley - https://youtu.be/pGOkUCDVNgk Master Ranger Nente - https://youtu.be/IXUlRywtoTA Necromancy in the Catacombs - https://youtu.be/bYJ6vz5G-Lw Taking a Hike in Wizard's Folly - https://youtu.be/FkQykOwtwb8 A Journey Northish - https://youtu.be/WmeyU5kHS9c North of the Wall - https://youtu.be/W3Af1bUcqFI

This week I released episode 100 of VOD of Consciousness, which is super exciting! I decided to celebrate by re-creating Valerie Peace and journeying back into Pre-Searing Ascalon, which I enjoyed tremendously. Thus, this entire week took place in Pre-Searing Ascalon, with a brief interlude to visually discuss some map differences between Pre-Searing and Post-Searing Ascalon. Direct video links: The Last Day Dawns On the Kingdom of Ascalon - https://youtu.be/enb9SSeJOJU Questing in Ashford - https://youtu.be/q8B11wLDco8 To Duke Barradin's Estate - https://youtu.be/VIvoivGsvyU Into the Ascalonian Catacombs - https://youtu.be/wk_4-nSK-u8 Gargoyle Season - https://youtu.be/jUKNZ4ZMO0E Eggsellent Questing - https://youtu.be/x37OkyNG2bE Grawl Jewelry and Fort Ranik - https://youtu.be/dAVcMj9vblI

This week, I spent my time in Ascalon, playing through the missions there. It was riddled with ups and downs and full of nostalgia. Good times! I do quite enjoy the barren, ruined wasteland aesthetic of post-Searing Ascalon, and I think this week's videos do a reasonably good job of showing that off. It's definitely an aesthetic I'd like to be able to try in a game someday! Direct video links: Ascalon Chase Scene - https://youtu.be/MA5Z3XvA93Q Valleys Lined With Charr - https://youtu.be/FZVcZ0WqTaI Rebuilding a Trebuchet - https://youtu.be/u3N-iBRSu6Y An Introduction to Rurik's AI - https://youtu.be/wnFodDuEmb4 Forgotten Portal Technology - https://youtu.be/zz7TSRRbqA4 Ascalon's First Ghost Problem - https://youtu.be/dnfnIo6Ms1w Rurik and Adelbern - https://youtu.be/NEsdX9ERT_8